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2026 North Carolina Senate race
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403 DAYS
12 FACTS
4 EVENTS
1 SOURCES
FIRST ENTRY JUL 30
SEP 05 · Day 403
North Carolina Democratic Senate candidate adds former Bloods gang member to criminal justice task force
Cooper is running for Senate against former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley.
Pittman worked for Emancipate NC at the time of the task force's creation.
Kerwin Pittman was included on the task force.
“While Roy spent his career putting rapists and violent criminals behind bars and signing tough-on-crime laws as governor, Michael Whatley spent his appointing a convicted child sex predator who served six years in prison and spent over a decade as a registered sex offender to a top role within the North Carolina Republican Party that gave him access to events with children,”
COOPER CAMPAIGN
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MAR 03 · Day 217
North Carolina primary sets up Cooper vs Whatley Senate race
JUL 31 · Day 2